Canning Electorate Demographics (WA)

In the 2011 census the population of Canning was 147,504 and is comprised of approximately 50.1% females and 49.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Canning is 38 years of age.

67.5% of people living in the electorate of Canning were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 11.3% England, 3.4% New Zealand, 1.2% South Africa, 1.2% Scotland, 0.8% Netherlands, 0.8% India, 0.6% Philippines, 0.5% Germany, 0.4% Italy, 0.4% Malaysia, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Singapore, 0.3% United States of America.

87.7% of people living in Canning speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.7% Other, 0.7% Italian, 0.4% Dutch, 0.4% Mandarin, 0.3% German, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.2% Indonesian, 0.2% Cantonese.

50.2% of people are married, 31.8% have never married and 9.4% are divorced and 3.6% are separated. There are 5798 widowed people living in Canning.

58.6% of the people living in Canning over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.4% are working on a part time basis. Canning has an unemployment rate of 5.8%.

The main industries people from Canning work in are 12.5% Construction, 11.3% Manufacturing, 11.0% Retail trade, 9.7% Health care and social assistance, 7.0% Education and training, 6.2% Mining, 5.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.4% Public administration and safety, 5.2% Transport, postal and warehousing.

30.0% of homes are fully owned, and 40.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 25.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $562 per week and the median household income is $1200 per week.

The median rent in Canning is $270 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1950 per month.